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Silver and Gold in Chemainus.
Specifics from the BC Government Website Ministry of Energy and Mines.
Report RGEN0100 page 2
The Lenora mine, worked between1898 and 1903 (inclusive) and in 1907, produced 321,886 grams of Gold , 8706,817 grams of silver and 3,226,034 kilogramas of copper from a total of 71,650 tonnes mined.
The Tyee mine was worked intermittently from 1901 to 1909 producing 762,553 grams of Gold, 13,725,069 grams of silver and 5,840,593 kilograms of copper from a total of 152,668 tonnes mined.
The Richard III mine produced, in three years between 1903 and 1907, 22,830 grams of Gold, 522,714 grams of silver and 113,604 kilograms of copper from a total of 4,903 tonnes of ore mined (miniral Policy data).
The three mines were amalgamated and operated intermittently between 1942 and 1952 as the Twin J. Min. From a total of 48,082 tonnes mined, the operation produced 63,730 grams of gold,
2,002,971 grams of silver, 364,755 kilograms of copper, 164,587 kilograms of lead, 1,926,11 kilograms of zinc and 4,546 kilograms of cadmium.
The property has undergone steady exploration by various companies from 1964 to present.
Based on mapping, geochemical and geophysical surveys, trenching and diamond drilling from 1967 to 1970, ore reserves were estimated at 317,485 tonnes grading 1.6 per cent copper,
4.11 grams per tone of gold, 140.54 grams per tonne silver, 0.65 per cent lead and 6.6 per cent zinc.
